Real Economy
Confusing signals
By: Terence Creamer 29th July 2022 Given the high levels of mistrust and misinformation in energy markets currently it has become increasingly difficult to discern what is required... →
The need for speed
By: Terence Creamer 22nd July 2022 A recent bidders conference hosted by the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office was instructive for many reasons. For one, it highlighted the... →
Stage 6 shake-up
By: Terence Creamer 15th July 2022 It’s beyond maddening that it has taken 15 years for government to respond with any real sense of purpose to the intensifying and increasingly... →
Tipping point?
By: Terence Creamer 8th July 2022 The implementation of Stage 6 load-shedding in late June should surely be viewed as a tipping point in the electricity crisis. True, the unlawful... →
Slow but steady
By: Terence Creamer 1st July 2022 Some solid, albeit slow, progress is being made to convert the $8.5-billion offer of concessional climate finance to accelerate South Africa’s... →
With political will, there’s a way
By: Terence Creamer 24th June 2022 Besides analysis that has been conducted by Eskom in recent months to find solutions to South Africa’s intensifying electricity crisis, there are... →
Settle on a solution
By: Terence Creamer 17th June 2022 There is no scarcity of advice on how best to stabilise Eskom and end the load-shedding crisis, which a new Council for Scientific and Industrial... →
Cut procurement coat to grid cloth
By: Terence Creamer 10th June 2022 As Eskom moves to draft a comprehensive plan for ending the protracted electricity crisis, a series of interesting proposals are emerging on ways... →
Glimmers of light
By: Terence Creamer 3rd June 2022 Two recent energy events offered glimmers of light amid the intensifying risk of power cuts and the creeping threat of worker and community... →
Bedevilled
By: Terence Creamer 27th May 2022 The gap between infrastructure ambition and implementation is now widening faster than the country’s power utility is able to shift its... →